Lemoine's conjecture, also sometimes known as Levy's conjecture, states that all odd integers greater than 5 can be represented as the sum of an odd prime number and an even semiprime. It was proposed by Emile Lemoine in 1895. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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StatementAll odd integers greater than 5 can be represented as the sum of an odd prime number and an even semiprime. 1 Proposed Year Progress Toward ResolutionA proof claimed in 2017 by Agama and Gensel was later found to be flawed. 1 Classification
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1. Lemoine's Conjecture (Wikipedia)
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Emile Lemoine proposed the conjecture in 1895
Evidence
A proof was claimed in 2017 by Agama and Gensel, but this was later found to be flawed
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all odd integers greater than 5 can be represented as the sum of an odd prime number and an even semiprime
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